Former students sue, contending UVU didn’t protect them from a medical worker they allege touched them inappropriately
Five women have accused nurse practitioner Derrick Pickering of inappropriate touching in police reports and civil lawsuits. He denies he ever sexually touched his patients.
(Robert Mittendorf | Special to The Tribune) S.D. poses for a photograph in Bellingham, Wa. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. She and another woman have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Utah Valley University did not protect them when they were students from a nurse practitioner, who they allege conducted unnecessary medical exams for his own sexual gratification.